Egypt starts radar scans for secret rooms behind Tut's tomb
Egypt's Antiquities Ministry says archaeologists are starting radar scans of the tomb of famed pharaoh Tutankhamun in the southern city of Luxor.
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Artifacts from King Tut's tomb set for international tour
Artifacts from King Tut's tomb are going on tour next year to mark the upcoming 100th anniversary of the discovery of the Egyptian pharaoh's resting place.
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Nov 29, 2017
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A rare discovery will shed new light on Mycenaean funerary practices
The discovery this summer of an impressive rock-cut tomb on a mountainside in Prosilio, near ancient Orchomenos in central Greece, will shed new light on Mycenaean funerary practices.
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Sep 14, 2017
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Bronze Age grave in Greece shows nobleman's love of jewelry
Archaeologists in southern Greece have discovered an undisturbed tomb the size of a small house that belonged to a Bronze Age nobleman with a fondness for jewelry.
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Sep 11, 2017
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Egypt archaeologists uncover tombs dating back to Roman era
Egypt's Antiquities Ministry says that archaeologists have uncovered five tombs from the Roman era, dating back to more than 2,000 years.
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Aug 24, 2017
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Egypt archaeologists discover tombs dating back 2,000 years
Egypt's antiquities ministry says that archaeologists have discovered three tombs dating back more than 2,000 years, from the Ptolemaic Period.
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Aug 16, 2017
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A 3,000-year-old city wrecked by militants, left for looters
The giant winged bulls that once stood sentry at the nearly 3,000-year-old palace at Nimrud have been hacked to pieces. The fantastical human-headed creatures were believed to guard the king from evil, but now their stone ...
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Jan 6, 2017
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Researchers discover new ancient tombs at Qubbet el-Hawa in Aswan
Archaeologists from the University of Birmingham have found "compelling evidence" of new Pharaonic tombs at Qubbet el-Hawa in Aswan, Egypt's Ministry of Antiquities has revealed.
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Dec 22, 2016
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Excavated tombs of Peru's Moche priestesses provide archaeologists with troves of artifacts, data
When archaeologists unearthed a large chamber tomb in San José de Moro, a ceremonial center of pre-Columbian Moche civilization on the northern coast of Peru, they found the remains of a woman who had been laid to rest with ...
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Jul 20, 2016
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Greek archaeologist claims he's found the tomb of Aristotle
A Greek archaeologist who excavated the birthplace of Aristotle in northern Greece in the 1990s says a destroyed structure he discovered may have been the tomb of the ancient philosopher and teacher of Alexander the Great.
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May 26, 2016
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